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Learn about common alternatives to HTTP cookies, including localStorage and JSON Web Tokens, and understand their security risks and limitations. This lesson helps you evaluate which method best suits your web application’s session management while keeping security in mind.

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Reading all of this material about cookies and security you might be tempted to say, “I really want to stay away from cookies!”. The reality is that, as of now, cookies are your best bet if you want to implement some sort of session mechanism over HTTP. Every now and ...